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H. E. ENSLIN. METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR MARKING SHOE UPPERS.

APPLlCATlON FILED DEC-28.1915- Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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H. E. ENSLIN.

METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR MARKING SHOE UPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED 0:028. 1915.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR MARKING SHOE UPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED 0502B. ms.

1 13,943. Patnted Aug. 26, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT E. ENSLIN, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN-MENTS, TO UNITE-D SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

METHOD OF AND MACHINE FOR MARKING SHOE-UPPERS.

Application filed December 28, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IERBERT E. ENSLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maiden, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Methods of andMachines for Marking Shoe-Uppers, of which the following description, inconnection With the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likereference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in theseveral figures.

The present invention relates to the art of marking shoe uppers and ismore especially directed to improved methods and mechanism for markingshoe uppers for buttons and buttonholes.

It has been proposed to mark the locations of the buttons andbuttonholes on the quarters and flies bcfore the parts of the upper arefinished and stitched together. In this method of manufacture, it ispossible that the button and buttonhole locations may not aline when thefly and quarters are stitched together and overlapped, because ofinaccuracy in the lines of junction of the parts.

It has also been proposed to mark the fly for buttonholes by a handmarking implement operating through a pattern plate or stencil, to cutand finish the buttonhole and stitch the fly and quarters together, thento fold the upper with the quarter and fly properly overlapped and tomark the button locations on the button quarter in line with the eyeends of the buttonholes by a hand tool inserted through the buttonholesin the superposed buttonhole fly. This hand operation, however, is slowand has the added disadvantage of failing to allow for the tipping oroverlay of the buttons due to the play of the button eye in itsfastening. Such an allowance should be made in marking so that when theshoe is buttoned, the edge of thebutton quarter will be maintainedexactly beneath the center seam which constitutes the line of crimpingor folding of the upper.

In one of its aspects, the invention comprises a method of markingbutton locations which is characterized by uniting the fly and quartersof the upper, folding them in properly overlapped relation, utilizingthe ends of the buttonhole locations on the overlying fly as guides andmarking the under- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A 11g. 26, 1919.

Serial No. 68,994.

lying button quarter at points spaced length- Wise from said ends toindicate the points for the subsequent attachment of the but tons.

In a related aspect, the invention includes a method of marking buttonlocations onthe quarter of a folded united upper in which thebuttonholes have been formed which is characterized by the marking ofthe button locations on the button quarter at points offset from the eyeends of the corresponding buttonholes in the overlying fly in thedirection of length of the buttonholes and which, as practised by theillustrated machine, consists in positioning a marking element betweenthe fly and quarter in line with and offset from the buttonholelocation, as described, and operating upon the fly to actuate themarking medium. Conveniently, when the buttonholes have been previouslyformed in the fly the marking medium may be operated through thebuttonhole in the overlying fly.

The invention also includes within its scope novel mechanism with theaid of which these novel methods may be carried out in a convenientmanner, although the machine may be used in the practice of othermethods than those herein disclosed, while the methods described may becarried out by the use of machines or apparatus of many different typesas will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

One feature of the machine consists in intermittently and automaticallyoperated buttonhole location marking means, with means for feeding thestock to said marking means intermittently and alternately with themarking operations.

Another feature of the invention resides in mechanism constructed andarranged to mark on the folded upper the locations of buttons andbuttonholes substantially simultaneously and for a number of successivebuttons and buttonholes, including llltQllTllttently and automaticallyoperated means to mark the button and buttonhole locations, with meansfor automatically feeding the folded upper to the marking means,intermittently and alternately with the marking operations.

A further feature of the invention consists in certain mechanism formarking the fly and button quarter of a folded upper substantiallysimultaneously and at relatively ofl'set points to indicate thebuttonhole and button locations, and with means for supporting thefolded upper in marking position. 7

Additionally, a feature of the invention consists in mechanism formarking button and buttonhole locations on folded shoe uppersubstantially simultaneously including button and buttonhole markinginstrumentalities cooperating with work gaging and guiding means andconstructed and arranged for one adjustment to mark buttonhole locationson a separate fly, and for further adjustment to mark button locationson the button quarterof the folded upper having the same fly attachedwith the buttonholes formed therein.

So far as I am aware the machine of my invention is the first machinedevised and constructed to mark button or buttonhole locations, or both,having intermittently and automatically operated marking means, withmeans for automatically feeding the stock to the marking meansintermittently and alternately with the marking operations.

Another feature of the invention consists in the combination with poweroperated instrumentalities for intermittently operating on the work tomark the work and for intermittently and alternately feeding the worktothe marking instrumentality, of controlling mechanism arranged to stopthe operation of said instrumentalities at the end of a selectivelypredetermined number of successive operations. From this viewpoint, themarking or locating feature of the invention may have a wide range ofequivalents and may include marking by perforation or cutting as well asmarking by imprinting or coloring. With such a combination the locationsof a selected number of buttons, buttonholes, eyelets, etc., may beautomatically marked. In the illustrated embodiment, the operation ofthe marking and feeding means is controlled by a starting and stoppingmechanism arranged to rotate a driving shaft a selected number ofrevolutions or work cycles and to stop automatically the operation ofthe machine at the end of the selected number of cycles.

Another feature of the invention relates to novel mechanism constructedand arranged to mark uniformly buttonhole locations on the upper at apredetermined angle to the edge of the fly. As illustrated herein, a

buttonhole marking element of the outline of a buttonhole is guided formarking operation so that it extends substantially at right angles to afly'edge guide against which the edge of the work is held during themarking operation.

A further feature of the invention consists in the combination withintermittently operated marking mechanism, of intermittently operatedwork feeding mechanism constructed for reverse directions of feed.

This feature is particularly advantageous in marking shoe uppers whereright and left parts may befed to the marking mechanism from oppositedirections. The work feed 7 ing mechanism includes in addition, certainIn a step by step machine of the typein volved in the present invention,when used for placing location marks at uniform distances from the edgeof the stock, and especially stock havingv curved edges, it is importantthat the direction of feed of the stock to the marking instrumentalityis such as to insure such uniform marking. Accordingly, a feature of theinvention re-' sides in a plurality of spaced gage members against whichand by which it is guided during the feeding operation to positionproperly the the stock relatively to the marker. By having two contactpoints as guides the line of feed is fixed and accuracy is assured.

Another feature of my invention consists in the combination with anintermittently operated marking element of means for ap plying a coatingof marking material to the marker prior to each marking operation. Inthe illustrated embodiment of the invention a reciprocating markingelement is employed, and a. color applying device is reciprocatedtransversely of the path of reciprocation of the marker to engage themarker and apply color thereto prior to marking movement of the element.These, and other features of the invention are more fully described inthe following specification and are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in end elevation of a machineillustrating one embodiment of my invention, parts of the machine beingshown in section to disclose interior mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the stock marking and stockfeeding mechanism Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine with partsbroken away to disclose interior mechanism;

the edge of the stock is held edge of Fig. 4c is a view in sideelevation and on w an enlarged scale illustrating the positions of theparts for simultaneously markingthe flies and quarters of folded uppers;

Fig. '5 is a fragmentary perspective view on an enlarged scaleillustrating certain of the buttonhole and button location marks, asapplied to the folded upper by the method and machine of this invention.

The marking machine has a hollow base 2 with a hollow upstanding head 4overhanging the base and having its front end closed by a removable faceplate 6. A driven shaft 8 is journaled in this head and extendssubstantially parallel to a second driven shaft 10 journaled in the base2. A bracket 12 extending rearwardly and downwardly from the head 4supports one end of a driving shaft 14, the other end of which ismounted in the rear of the base 2, this shaft being substantiallyparallel with the shaft 8 in the machine head. A driving pulley 16 isloosely mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 14 and is arranged to becontinuously driven by suitable belting. Upon its inner face the pulleyis provided with a clutch socket 18 designed to receive and rotate apart projected from a member fastened to the driving shaft.

This member may take the form of a sleeve 20 fixed to the shaft 14 atthe rear of the base and having an enlarged threaded collar 22positioned on the shaft in juxtaposition to the inner face of the pulley16.

The threads of this sleeve enlargement will be of predetermined pitchand number for cooperation with selective revolution governingmechanism, hereinafter described. The sleeve 20 and its enlargement 22contain a longitudinal bore in which is mounted for sliding movement aspring pressed locking pin 24 normally tending to move in a direction toenter into the socket 18 of the continuously rotating pulley 16. Thispin 24 carries a transversely extending head 26 guiding in a slot formedin the sleeve 22 and extending longitudinally thereof.

The forward end of the shaft 14 carries a sprocket wheel 28 connected bya chain 30 with a similar sprocket wheel 32 mounted upon the shaft 8 inthe machine head to retate said shaftat the same speed. Adjacent thissprocket the shaft carries an eccentric 34 with an arm 36 extending fromthe eccentric strap and pivotally connected to the end of a crank arm 38secured to the rear end of shaft 10 in the machine base. When the shaft8 is rotated the shaft 10 is rocked or oscillated to operate certainstock feeding mechanism hereinafter described.

At its forward end the head 4 of the machine is enlarged and extendsdownwardly toward the base 2. The forward end of the shaft 8 extendswithin the upper end of this enlargement and has fixed thereto a disk 40formed with a peripheral cam groove 42. The outer face of this diskcarries an eccentric pin 44 to which one end of a link 46 is pivotallyconnected, the other and upper end of the link being pivotally connectedto clamp member 48 holding and reciprocating a plunger 50, whose upperand lower ends are guided in the upper and lower portions of the head 4of the machine.

The lower end of the plunger 50 is hollow and contains a coiled spring52 operating against a plunger foot 54 guided for movement in apredetermined direction relative to the plunger 50 by means of a pin 56in the plunger cooperating with a vertical slot 58 in the plunger foot.The plunger itself is guided and prevented from turning by a pin 57 inthe head 4 extending into a slot 59 in the upper end of the plunger. Thelower end of the foot 54., as shown, is of substantially reduceddiameter and has clamped thereto a removable marker 60 whose markingbase 62 may be shaped to correspond with the outline of the part to becut out or worked. In the illustrated machine, the marking portion 62 isshown as outlining a buttonhole, the projecting end of the foot 54forming the eye, and is especially designed to mark buttonhole locationsupon the flies of Shoe uppers.

The markers 62 may be of any desired type. For instance, in order toprovide a mark which is clearly discernible upon all types of uppermaterial, it is desirable to employ a marker which applies a coloredmark to the stock. Accordingly, an arm 64 is pivoted to the machine headat 66 and has its upper end provided with a roller 68 which is guided inthe cam groove 42 of the disk 40. The lower portion of the arm isoffset, a at 70, and thence extends downwardly toward the bed 2 of themachine, as at 72 (Figs. 1 and 2). Its lower end is forked to embracethe pin 74 of a reciproeatory ink pad carrier 76 moving transversely ofthe line of reciprocation of the plunger 50 and preferably guided byspaced edge guides 78 (Figs. 1 and 3) carried by spaced arms 79depending from the head 4 and having longitudinal grooves 791 in theirside faces into which the flanged edges of the carrier 76 extend.Through the cam 40, the arm 64 will be rocked to slide the ink padcarrier 7 6 to and fro on its edge guides in a direction transversely ofthe line of movement of the plunger carried marker 62. This operation istimed to occur when the plunger 50 has been moved to the upward limit ofits stroke, so that the marker is inked prior to each marking movement.

At its base the downwardly projecting portion of the forward end of themachine head is formed with a socket 80 in which is adjustably mounted avertical rod 82. This rod extends down to a point adjacent the top ofthe machine bed and is provided with an enlargement 84 (Fig. 5).Extending laterally from this enlargement and detachably secured theretoby the screw 86, is a combined stock edge gage and marker. This devicemay take the form of an elon gated member 88 having a relatively flatstock guiding face 90.

When the device is to be used for guiding the edges of stock of curvedoutline, such-as buttonhole flies, this face 90 will preferably beconcaved to correspond substantially with the average curvature ofbuttonhole flies. The guide surface 90, when vertically positioned tocooperate with the work edge, is spaced laterally a predetermineddistance from the adjacent end of marker 62 so that the location markswill be uniformly spaced from the edge of the material. The marker 62will extend at a determinate angle to the longitudinal gaging line ofsurface 90, this angle being predetermined by the adjustment of themarking base 62 about the stem formed by the reduced lower end of theplunger foot 54, this plunger being held against axial turning movementby the pin 56 and slot 58 and the marker being held in angularlyadjusted position on the lower end of this plunger by a set screw asshown (Fig. 4).

At the face opposite the guiding surface 90, the member 88 is formedwith a flat base 92 whose edge 94 forms a second stock edge guiding facewhich, when the parts are adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 4, ispositioned in a vertical plane to guide the edge of the buttonhole flysimilarly to the guide surface 90 in Fig. 1. The lower edge of thevertically disposed guide face 94 is, however, elevated a greaterdistance above the work supporting feed wheel than the correspondingedge of guide surface 90, so that the guide face 94 is elevated to ahorizontal plane corresponding to the plane of the overlying buttonholefly on the united upper. Guide surface 90 is utilized, of course, forguiding the edges of buttonhole flies before they are stitched totheother parts of the upper. Secured to the under face of the plate 92by a suitable clamping screw, is a spring blade 96 whose outer end isbent upwardly (Fig. 6) and is positioned in the line of movement of theplunger actuated marker 62. The under face of the upwardly bent portionof the plate 96 carries a prick point 98 positioned at a point slightlybeyond the eye end 54 of the buttonhole marker in the direction of theedge of the buttonhole fly (see Fig. 4).

The length of the plunger stroke issuch as to apply suflicient pressureeither directly or through intervening substance, to the spring blade 96so as to straighten out the spring bend in the blade and to force saidblade downwardly to cause this prick point to mark the substance beneaththe blade. When the plunger is raised, the spring of the bend in blade96 will lift up thefront end of the blade so that the material can befed without interference by the prick point 98. By one adjustment,thereactuated by the first marker to mark underlying portions of foldedmaterials between which it is positioned. In order to permit thisadjustment of the member 88, the'bed 2 of the machine is cupped out, asat 100, Fig. 1.

The stock is intermittently fed toward the marking devices describedalternately with the marking movements of the plunger 50 and for certainpredetermined distances. One desirable form of mechanism for effectingthis result includes a feed wheel 102 loosely mounted upon the rockshaft 10 and having the outer portion of its periphery roughened to gripthe stock. of sufficient breadth to extend beneath the marking devicesto act as an anvil for the markers and to receive the pressure fromcertain presser devices operating upon the upper face of the stock andthereby effectlvely to grip and feed the stock. This feed wheel extendsabove the surface of the bed plate 2 sufficiently to insure contact withworkplaced upon the base.

At the outer face of the feed wheel are complemental oppositely toothedannular ratchet surfaces preferably in the form of wheels 104, 106 forrotating the feed wheel in opposite directions. The shaft 10 extendsbeyond the feed wheel and ratchet wheels and carries at a point beyondthe ratchet wheels a double armed lever 108 to whose opposite ends arepivoted spring pressed driving dogs 110, 112 overlying and normallytending to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheels 104', 106'respectively. The ends of the arms 108 carrying the driving dogs extendout through an annular slot 114 formed in the outer face of aratchet-inclosing shield 116 of annular form. t

This shield is carried by a sleeve 120 which, in turn, is fixed to asecond inner sleeve 122 forming a housing for the reduced outer end ofthe rock shaft ,10 and itself enlarged at its outer end to form anoperating knob 124 with a laterally extending arm 126 positioned at theouter face of the base 2. Rotation of the knob 124 will, therefore,rotate the ratchet shield 116.

The driving dogs 110, 112 are offset from the extended ends of the arms108 to overlie their respective ratchet wheels and normallytend toengage these ratchet wheels. The shield 116 covers the toothedperipheries of both ratchet wheels, except for those portions of theratchet wheels exposed be tween the spaced ends 118 (Fig. 2'). of theshield, which ends are beveled downwardly toward the ratchet teeth so asto cause the endsof the driving dogs to ride up on the The wheel isshield when they are moved in the direction of the shield edge and intocontact therewith. The range of movement of the dogs is fixed by thepredetermined rocking movement of the shaft. As these dogs are inopposed relation only one driving dog may engage a ratchet wheel in anyone operative position of the shield 116, as the opening in the shieldextends for only a relatively short portion of the periphery of theshield and is designed to represent the maximum length of a singlefeeding movement of the feed wheel. Since the crank arm 38 swings bothupwardly and downwardly with each revolution of driven shaft 10, thedouble armed lever 108 will swing equal distances in reverse directionsduring each revolution. Only one of the driving dogs 110, 112 can engageits ratchet through the shield opening during these two swingingmovements of lever 108, the other driving dog riding idly over theclosed peripheral portion of the shield.

By varying the position of the shield opening relatively to the field ofmovement of the operative driving dog, the effective length of thedriving stroke of the dog may be varied at will. By reversing theposition of the shield opening through the knob 124, the opposite andformerly inoperative driving dog is permitted to operate through theshield opening to rotate its oppositely toothed ratchet wheel and thefeed wheel in the reverse direction for reversing the direction of feedof the stock, while the formerly active driving dog is guided up on tothe outer peripheral face of the shield and rides idly over its closedperipheral face portion out of engagement with its ratchet wheel. Thearm 126 of knob 124. affords means for holding the shield in differentselected positions of ,feed control to vary determinately the directionof feed and the extent of feeding movement of the ratchets, so that theamount \of stock fed between successive marking movements will be notonly uniform as to one adjustment, but may be varied to suit therequirements of different cases.

Accordingly, the outer edge of the base 1 at points opposite the knob124 is provided with segmental plates 128 having a series of aperturestherein with adjacent descriptive data giving the length of feedingmovement afforded by each adjustment. The end of the arm 126 carries apivoted spring pressed latch 130 having a pin which normally tends toengage in the adjustment holes in the plates 128 to maintain the shieldin the position selected for adjustment.

At the front of the machine head a presser head 132 is guided forreciprocating movement toward and from the feed roll 102 and is normallypressed toward the feed roll by a coiled spring 13 1 operating againstthe head at one end and at the other end engaging an abutment 136 at therear of the face plate (5. The face plate is slotted at 138 (Fig. 3) anda pin 140 attached to the presser head extends outwardly for engage mentby the edge of a lifting lever 142 which is pivoted upon the outer faceof the face plate (3. The spring 134 normally holds the pin 110 at thelower end of the slot and against the edge of the lever which is held bygravity in engagement with the pin. \Vhen the lever is pressed down tolift the presser head and its attached parts, the pin 140 will ridealong the edge of the lever and snap into the notch 1 13 in its end,looking the lever and head against further mvement and permitting theoperator to use both hands in positioning the upper.

The head 132 at its lower end carries a conical presser roll 14:4positioned directly above the roughened periphery of the feed wheel andcooperating with the feed Wheel and with the work to feed that portionof the work inwardly of the presser wheel more rapidly than that portionof the work at the outer edge of the presser wheel, thereby imparting aturning or swinging movement to the work.

Depending from the opposite sides of the presser head are complcmentalspring presser arms 146 arranged to engage the upper face of the work atopposite sides and in line with the marker 62 to prevent wrinkling orpuckering of the work when operated upon by the marker. These springpresser arms carry integral inward extensions 148 to which areadjustably secured combined stock edge guide arms and work end gages150. The arms 150 are provided with curved flanges 152, forn'iing stockedge guides cooperating with the eentral guide surfaces 90, and 94, theend of these flanges adjacent the marker constituting a visual end gagefor initially positioning the end of the work relatively to the marker.

This construction is particularly advantageous when used in guiding theedge of buttonhole flies, either alone or as part of a folded shoeupper. One guide flange 152 will engage the edge of the buttonholc flyin cooperation with the central guide 90 or 94, while the inner end ofthe eomplemental flange 152 will act as a visual guide for positioningthe end of the buttonhole fly a predetermined distance from thebuttonhole marking point. The distance of the first buttonhole from theend of the buttonhole fly is the same for all shoes in a largeproportion of factories but the practice in this respect is not uniform.In order to provide for variance in the first buttonhole position, thearms 150 are slotted and may be moved relatively to the end of the arms148 and fixed in adjusted position by means of screws or other desirableclamping devices.

as shown, the arms 148, 150 will Preferably, f ilitate bear suitableindication marks to accurate adjustment.

When the lever 142 is operated the presser wheel with the presser armsand edge gages chine which is particularly adapted for markingbuttonhole flies and button quarters underwidely varying conditions ofmanufacture. In some factories the button fly is marked'fo'r thebuttonholes and these buttonholes are worked in the fly before thelatter is stitched to the quarter and the upper folded. Subsequently,the quarter is marked for the buttons through the buttonholes in thesuperposed buttonhole fly. The machine of this invention is adapted byslight adjustment to accomplish both of these marking operations and isalso adapted to mark both the buttonhole locations and the buttonlocations substantially si- ,multaneously upon the folded upper.

To mark the buttonhole fly alone, the work feeding mechanism is firstadjusted to give the desiredspacihg between the marks and then the flyis inserted and its edge positioned against the guidinginstrumentalities and relatively to the gaging means, as described. Themachine is then started by operating a clutch, and through mechanismhereinafter described is operated through the number of work cyclescorresponding to the number of marking operations de' sired, and is thenautomatically stopped. The position of the parts for marking thebuttonhole .fly separately is indicated in Fig. 1. 7 f f When the flyhas been operated upon to form the buttonholes and is then subsequentlystitched to'the quarters of the upper and the upper folded so that theparts are properly overlapped, it may be operated upon by the samemachine to mark the button locations on the quarter by adjusting thegage member 88 to the position indicated in Figs. 2, 4 and 5. The lever142 is operated to lift the presser head with its attached parts and theupper is inserted beneath the marking instrumentalities, the springblade 96- entering between the button fly and the quarter, and the edgeof the button fly resting against the edge guide 94 and the appropriateedge guide 152; The feed is adjusted to correspond with that by means ofwhich the buttonhole locations in the ,fly were originally marked, andthe machine is started'as heretofore described. The.

buttonhole'marker 62 is preferably detached andthe foot 54 will operatethrough the successlve buttonholes to depress the sprlng blade 96 andmark the button locations on place the colored outline of the buttonholeupon the fly and will at the same time, by pressure transmitted to thespring blade 96 through the fly, cause the prick point of that blade tomarkthe button location on the underlying quarter at a point offset fromtheend of the buttonhole inthe direction of length of the buttonhole. Asthe plunger is lifted up thespring blade'96 will rise to lift its prickpoint clear of the quarter and permitthe feeding movement of the upperfor the next marking operation.-

In all marking operations, the operator, after initially positioning thework,is only required to press the button fly inwardly against the edgegages for the fly and to maintain it in engagement with these guidingmeans. The feeding mechanism and the guiding means will maintain theproper direction of feed and the fly will be guided in the proper pathof movement so long as its fly edge is maintained in engagemcntwiththese guiding surfaces.

The number of marking operations will vary with different sizes andstyles of uppers or upper stock. A mechanism adapted to automaticallyoperate the driving shaft to give a predetermined and selected number ofmarking movements to the mechanism will be a great desideratum.Accordingly, I have provided a mechanism arranged for adjustment torotate the driving shaft 14 a selected or predetermined number ofrevolutions and thereby to operate the driven shaft 8 and rock shaftlOfor a 'selected number of work cycles.

One embodiment of such a mechanism which may be advantageously used inthis connection includes a vertically movable bar 154 bifurcated topartially embrace the sleeve 20 on the driving shaft 14,. one arm of thebifurcation being provided with a cam face 156 terminating at its lowerend in a socket 158. j The cam face isformed to engage the head 26' ofthe clutch pin to retract the pin from engagement with the continuouslyr'ota.tingpu1ley 16, the head of the pin being retractedtand finallyseating in the socket 158 of this arm which acts as an abutment to stopfurther rotation of the sleeve 20.

The opposite arm 160 of the bar is extended upwardly above the sleeve 20and into and through a socket 162 formed in the bracket 12 at the rearof the machine head. The upper portion of the bar is reduced in diameterto form a stem 164 which projects beyond and above the bracket 12 andcarries an adjustable stop or abutment 166 at its upper end. Betweenthis abutment and the face of the bracket 12 a coiled spring 168 is orother suitable means (not shown). The

rod 170 is guided in a bracket 172 at the base of the machine and isslotted at its upper end to house a pivoted trigger 174, the lower endof which is normally spring pressed outwardly to engage in a notch 17 6formed in the edge of the bar 154 near its lower end. The upper end ofthe trigger is formed with a beveled face 178 which engages the edge ofthe bracket 172 after the bar 154 has been pulled down sufliciently farto release the clutch pin and permit the sleeves 20, 22 to be clutchedto the rotating pulley 16.

When the bar has been depressed to this extent the beveled face of thetrigger will engage the side of the bracket 172 and the lower end of thetrigger will be thereby forced from engagement with the edge of thenotch 176, releasing the bar 154 which under the influence of the spring164 would normally tend to return into the plane of revolution of thehead 26 of the clutch pin and would, under ordinary circumstances,cooperate with the pin head and retract the clutch pin at the end of onerevolution of the driven shaft 14, the head of the clutch pin and thedriven shaft being stopped when this head reaches the socket 158, thebar 154 and its spring 168 acting as a cushioning abutment. I have,however, provided means for preventing the automatic retraction of theclutch pin until the driven shaft has been operated for a definite andselected number of revolutions.

Accordingly, in the illustrated embodiment, the bar 160 at a point abovethe sleeve 20, has an offset 180 channeled in its upper face to providea guideway 181 whose face is slightly curved. Sliding lengthwise in thisguideway is a latch-releasing bar 182 having its forward end slotted andguiding upon a pin in the lower portion of the head 4 of the machineframe which is provided with an opening,at this point to receive the endof the latch releasing bar. The arm 160 of the clutch pin retracting arm154 is formed with a socket 184 therein at a point above the bar 182 andwith a slot 186 extending longitudinally of the arm and enteringlaterally upon the socket. Guided in this slot for vertical movementtoward and from the latch-releasing bar 182 is a block 188 carrying anoutwardly extending pin 189 arranged to engage the upper edge of the bar182 and having spaced washers thereon embracing the opposite sides ofthe bar.

A spring pressed plu r 190 is seated in the socket 184 and norma 1yoperates against the block 188 to hold the pin 189 pressed against thebar 182. At one side of the arm 160 an abutment piece 192 is provided,this abutment cooperating with a latch block 194 carried by a springpressed latching lever 196 pivoted to the bracket 12. When the treadlerod 170 is operated to pull the bar 154 with its arm 160 downwardly torelease the clutch pin the upper edge of the abutment piece 192 will bebrought below the lower edge of the latching plate 194 which will beimmediately snapped over the upper edge of abutment piece 192 by itsspring and will prevent the return of the bar 154 to clutch pinretracting position until the latching lever 196 is moved to the left toplace its latching block 194 out of the path of upward movement of theabutment 192.

In order to effect this release of the latching lever 196 to causeautomatic retraction of the latch pin and the consequent stopping of thedriving shaft 14 at the end of the predetermined number of revolutions,the end of the latch-releasing bar 182 is provided with a downwardlyextending tooth 198 arranged to engage in one of the threads of thesleeve 22 when the bar 154 is pulled downwardly and latched. When thisaction takes place the tooth 198 will be held yieldingly against thethreads of the rotating sleeve 22 by reason of the spring pressureexerted against the bar 182 by the pin 189. During the rotation of thesleeve 22 the bar 182 will be fed by the threads of the sleeve towardthe left (Fig. 1) until a pin 200 carried by the bar engages the lowerend of the lever 196 and moves its latch block 194 out of the path ofupward movement of the abutment 192.

The pitch of the threads 22 and the position of the releasing pin 200are in a definite ratio. For instance, if the tooth 198 were positionedto drop in the first thread at the left of the sleeve 22 (Fig. 1) andthe bar 154 were ulled downwardly through the treadle and latchedthrough the action will take of the parts 192, 194, the pin 200'would bepositioned against the edge of the latch lever 196. and T one revolutionof the threaded sleeve 22 would move the lever 96 a suiiicient distanceto release the abutment 188, where upon the spring 164 would move thebar 154 upwardly to bring its cam face 156 in thepath ofthe head of theclutch pin, to retract the clutch pin at the end of the secondrevolution. a e

v .In order to secure a single revolution with the clutchpinautomatically withdrawn at the end of the revolution, the heel'o-fthe lever 196 can be held upwardly ,by hand, holding the latch block 194out of the path of movement of the abutment 192, so that the ordinaryone cycle action of the clutch lace.

7 To position thetooth 198 for engagement vwith different threads, aflange 202 or an equivalent bracket is provided at the rear of themachine head and is formed with a raised plate 204 having a series oflocation apertures 206 formed in :the face. of the plate.- A shiftinglever 208 is pivoted between its ends on the horizontal portion of thebracket 12 and has its lower end bifurcated and in sliding engagementwith a pin at the rear end of the unlatching bar 182. The upperxend ofthe lever 208 is flattened and formed as a finger 210 normally pressedtoward the left (Fig. 1) by a spring'press'ed plunger 212 mounted in thebracket 12 and bearing against the lever 208 at a point between itspivot and its upper end. p

A gage pin 214 may be placed in anyof the apertures 206 corresponding tothe number of revolutions which it is desired the machine shall beoperated and the lever 208 automatically swings its upper end to engagethe gage pin 214 and at the same time, swings its lower end to positionthe tooth 198 over the thread groove in the sleeve 22 corresponding withthe number of revolutions indicated by the selected aperture 206. Theseapertures will mark the position which the finger 210 of the adjustinglever should bear to bring the tooth 198 immediately above the threadgroove for the number of revolutions indicated by the specific aperture.The number of revolutions may be varied to suit different conditions ofthe use of the machine, the pitch of the threads may be varied inspecific cases and other changes may be made to suit varying conditionsof work. The specific construction of this selective revolution clutchcontrolling mechanism forms no part of the present invention'but hasbeen selected asa representative type of control adapted particularly'toa machine of the type involved in the present invention. With thedescribed machine organization, the feed adjustment is first made thenthe selective revolution clutch'control adjusted and the work positionedfor the first markingoperation. The treadle is operated to pull thetreadle rod 170 downwardly, releasing the clutch pin and causing theshaft 14 torevolve. At the initiation of the cycle of operations, theparts will be in-the positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings with theoperative feed dog 110, at the forward limit of its feeding stroke andthe inking pad 7 6 in contact with marker 62. As soon as the rotation ofshaft 14 begins, the shaft 8 will be rotated through the connectingchain and sprockets. Thereupon the inking pad 7 6 will withdraw fromtheyieldingly.pressed marker 62, and simultaneously, the operative feeddog 110 will begin to slide to the rear for the initiation of a feedingstroke. After the pad 76 has cleared the marker 62, the plunger 50 withthe marker will begin, a downward work marking stroke which-will becompleted when the feed dogjreaches the endof its rearward movement.This point will mark the end of. a half revolution of shaft 8. From thispointin the cycle the marker 62 with its plunger will begin to moveupwardly away from the work and the operative feed dog 110 will beginits forward work feeding movement. At the end of the cycle-0r onerevolution-of shafts 8 and 14 the plunger 50 will reach the limits.

of its upward movement and the feed dog 110 will reach the limit of itsforward work-feeding stroke. Justrprior to the end of the revolution thecam. path 142 will begin to swing the arm 64 to 'move the inkling pad7 6outwardly toengage the marker 62 as the plunger reaches the end of itsupward-stroke so as to ink the marker} for the next marking operation.The parts have nowreturned to thepositions shown in Fig.1. If theselective revolution clutch control has been adjusted for a plurality ofmarking operations, other cycles similar to the one just described willfollow until the desired number of'marking op- 2' erations have takenplace. Just subsequent to the initiation of the last cycle or revolutionof the shaft 8 (it being understood that shafts 14 and 8 rotate at thesame speed) the bar 182 will release the latching lever 196 so that thebar 154 will be moved upwardly by the spring 168 to place its cam facein the path of the clutch pin head 26 to retract the clutch pin and stopthe rotation of the driven shaft 14 at the end of the last revolutionQ 1From the foregoing description it will be evident that a machine such asdescribed, is of special utility for marking shoev up pers, andparticularly for marking buttonhole and button locations upon thebuttonhole fly and button quarter of shoe uppers.

edge of the stock and by reason of the feed adjustment, these locationmarks will be uniformly spaced from each other for each adjustment ofthe feed and their spacing may be uniformly varied, as desired.

Machines employing gangs of markers have been proposed for use inmarking buttonhole and button locations, but in all machines of the gangtype, the problem is very much complicated by the wide variance ofpattern curvesand the necessity of providing mechanism,usuallycomplicated and rc qniring time in its adjustment, for positioning the markers for the varying pattern curves. Wit-ha machine such as lhave described herein, curve variance need not be considered, as each ofthe successive location marks will be based upon a gage point having adeterminate relation to the marking point, so that with the edge of thework against the gage point, there is no necessity of providing forcurve variance.

Furt-hern'iore, the machine may mark both buttonhole and buttonlocations simultaneously; or may mark the buttonhole locations in thebuttonhole fly first; and then subsequently locations on the buttonquarter to which the finished fly has been subsequently stitched,thereby providing a machine which is practically universal and isadapted to variance in factory practice.

By having a selective revolution or work cycle mechanism coupled with anautomatic feed, the machine becomes substantially more e'lticient byreason of the time saved from repeated treadlings and hand positioningof the work and is additionally advantageous as compared to the gangtype of marking machine, in that there is no necessity of continuedadjustment for curved variance. Except where limited by the prior art orby the specific terms of the appended claims, the invention as recitedin the claims, is to be construed as of use generally for markingpurposes. The nature of the marking instrumentalities may also be variedand the marking or location marking means as recited in the claims isintended to cover nun-king broadly and to include marking by cutting,indenting, perforating, cauterizing or color application. The specificstructural embodiment disclosed, while preferable. is also susceptibleof modification within the scope of the claims and the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-- ters Patent of the United States is 1. A buttonholelocation marking machine having, in con'ibination, a buttonhole locationmarking memlj er, power operated means organized intermittently toactuate said menrber to mark. and mechanism connected w th said poweroperated means and operated in tuned relatnai to said markmgmmm withsaid power operated means her and effective to feed the upper stocktoward Said marking member intermittently and between successive markingoperations.

2. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combiantion, abuttonhole location marking member, power(n)e1.'ated means organizedintermittently to actuate said member to mark, and mechanism connectedand operated in timed relation to said marking member, and. effective tofeed the upper stock to said marking member intermittently and betweensuccessive marking operations, said mechanism including means forreversing the direction of feed for right and left shoe uppers.

3. A buttonhole location markingmachine having, in combination, abuttonhole location marking member, stock feeding means in cooperativerelation to said member, and power operated mechanism for intermittentlyactuating said member to mark and v for operating said feeding means tofeed stock to said marking member intermittently and between successivemarking operations, said mechanism being organized to actuate saidmarking member and feeding means for a selectively predetermined numberof marking operations.

4. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, areciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried by the plunger, meansfor reciprocating the plunger, and means for feeding the stock to themarker between successive marking move ments of the plunger.

5. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, areciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried by the plunger, meansfor reciprocating the plunger and means for feeding the stock to themarker between successive marking movements of the plunger, andincluding means for reversing the direction of feed to accommodate rightand left parts.

6. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, areciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried thereby, means forreciprocating the plunger, means for feeding the stock a uniformdistance be tween each marking movement of the plunger, with means fordeterminately varying the extent of the stock feeding movement.

7. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, areciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried there by, means forreciprocating the plunger, means for advancing the stock a determinatedistance between each marking movement of the plunger, and means forstopping the operation of said plunger and feeding means at the end of aselectively predetermined number of marking operations.

53 A. buttonhole location marking machine fly edge gaging having, incombination, a reciprocating plunger, a button-hole marker carriedthereby, means for reciprocating the plunger, a feed wheel, means forintermittently rotating said wheel to feed the stock between successivemarking operations, and stock presser means opposed to said Wheel andyieldingly engaging the opposite face of the stock.

9. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, areciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried thereby, means forreciprocating the plunger, means to engage and guide the edge of thebuttonhole fly a predetermined distance from said marker, stock feedingmeans, and mechanism for operating said feeding means to advance thestock intermittently between successive marking movements of theplunger.

10. A buttonhole locatlon markmg machine having, in combination, areciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried thereby, means forreciprocating the plunger, means arranged to engage and guide the edgeof the fly at a termined distance from the marker, a feed wheel, meansfor intermittently driving said wheel to feed the fly toward the markerbetween successive marking movements of the plunger, and stock engagingand pressing means at the opposite face of the fly opposed to the feedwheel arranged to be moved to inoperative position.

11. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, marking members constructed and arranged for substantiallycoincident movement to engage the buttonhole fly and button quarter,respectively, of a folded button shoe upper, power operated mechanismfor intermittently moving said marking means to mark the shoe upper, andmeans for feeding a folded shoe upper to said marking means in timedrelation to said mechanism and intermittently and alternately with themarking operations.

12. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, marking members constructed and arranged for substantiallycoincident movement, to engage the buttonhole fly and button quarter,respectively, of a folded button shoe upper, po-weroperated mechanismfor intermittently moving said marking means to mark the shoe upper, andmeans for feeding a folded shoe upper to said marking meansintermittently between successwe marking operations, and includingmanually controlled means for reversing the direction of feed toaccomodate right and left uppers.

13'. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, ,incombination, marking members constructed and arranged for substantiallycoincident movement, to

marking machine having,

predeengage the buttonhole fly and button quarter, respectively, of afolded button shoe upper, power operated mechanism for intermittentlymoving said marking means to mark the shoe upper, and mechanismconstructed and arranged to feed a folded upper to said marking means intimed relation to the operation of said mechanism and intermittently andalternately with the marking operations and for a predetermined numberof marking operations. I

14:. A button and buttonhole location in combination, marking membersconstructed and arranged for substantially coincident movement, toengage the buttonhole fly and button quarter, respectively, of a foldedbutton shoe upper, power operated mechanism for intermite tently movingsaid marking means to mark the shoe upper, and mechanism constructed andarranged to feed a folded upper to said marking means in timed relationto the operation of said tently and alternately With the marking operations and in opposite directions as desired, with means forcontrolling said mechanisms arranged to continue the marking andfeedingmovements in a selected direction for a selectively predeterminednumber of marking operations.

15. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, a button location marker arranged to be positioned betweenthe fly and quarter of a supported folded shoe upper, a buttonholelocation marker positioned. above the button location marker, mechanismfor intermittently moving said buttonhole marker in a direction to markthe buttonhole fly and to coincidentally actuate the button marker, andmechanism constructed and arranged to feed the folded upper toward saidmarkers intermittently between successive marking operations.

16. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, a buttonhole location ma-rkerand a cooperating buttonlocation marker having its marking point offset relatively to the end ofthe marking portion of the buttonhole marker, mechanism for actuatingsaid markers to mark substantially simultaneously the buttonhole andcorresponding button locations on the fly and button quarter of a foldedupper at relatively offset points, and means for supporting the foldedupper in marking po-sitlon.

17. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, a buttonhole location marker and a cooperating buttonlocation marker having its marking point offset relatively to themarking portion of the buttonhole marker, power operated mechanism forintermittently actuating said markers to mark substantially si-.mechanism and intermit multaneously the buttonhole and correspondingbutton locations on the fly and button quarter of a folded upper, andmeans for supporting the folded upper and for guiding its edge topresent it in proper relation to the markers.

18. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, a support for a folded shoe upper, a buttonhole locationmarker positioned above said support, a button location marker disposedbelow said buttonhole marker with its marl ing portion offset from themarking portion of the buttonhole marker in the direction of the edge ofthe buttonhole fly and arranged to be positioned between the fly andquarter of a folded shoe upper, and mechanism arranged to be operated toactuate said markers substantially simultaneously. 7 19. A button andbuttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, a supportfor a folded shoe upper, a buttonhole location marker positioned abovesaid support, a button location marker disposed below said buttonholemarker with its marking portion offset from the marking portion of thebutton marker in the direction of the edge of the buttonhole fly andarranged to be positioned between the fly and quarter of a folded shoeupper, power operated mechanism for intermittently actuating saidmarkers substantially simultaneously to mark the loeations'of successivepairs of buttons and buttonholes, and mechanism constructed and arrangedto feed the folded upper relatively to said markers in timed relation tothe operation of said power mechanism and intermittently and alternatelywith the marking operations.

20. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, a button location marker constructed to be positionedbetween the fly and quarter of a supported folded upper and arranged tomove toward and from the quarter, a reciprocating buttonhole locationmarker positioned to engage and mark the fly at a point above the buttonmarker and to simultaneously move the button marker toward the quarterto mark the corresponding button location thereon, means to reciprocatesaid buttonhole location marker and fly edge' guiding means to engageand guide the fly edge at a predetermined distance from said buttonholelocation marking point.

21. A button and buttonhole location marking machine having, incombination, a reciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carriedthereby, means to reciprocate the plunger, means to vposition and guidethe edge of the fly of a folded upper a predetermined distance from saidmarker, a button location marker positioned to extend beneath the guidedfly edge to a point in line with and offset from the outer end of thebuttonhole location in the direction of length of the buttonhole, saidbutton marker being supported and arranged for movement toward thebutton quarter by marking engagcn'lent of the buttonhole marker with thesuperposed fly, and mechanism for feeding the folded upper toward saidmarkers intermittently and alternately with marking movement of theplunger.

A button and buttonhole location marking machine having,'in combination,a reciprocating plunger, a buttonhole marker carried thereby, means toreciprocate the plunger, means to position and guide the edge of the flyof a folded upper a predetermined distance from said marker, a buttonlocation marker positioned to extend beneath the guided fly edge to apoint in line with and offset from the outer end of the buttonholelocation in the direction of length of the buttonhole, said buttonmarker being supported and arranged for button location marking movementby marking engagement of the buttonhole marker with the superposed fly,and mechanism for feeding the folded upper toward said markersintermittently and aternately with marking move ment of the plunger,including a selective revolution starting and stopping mechanism forcontinuing the marking and feeding movements for a selected andpredetermined number of marking operations.

23. A buttonhole locating marking machine having, in combination, asupport for the shoe upper, a positioning gage for the edge of a foldedupper upon said support, a plunger positioned above the overlying fly ofa folded shoe upper positioned on said support and constructed andarranged for movement to engage said fly at the buttonhole location, abutton location marker supported and positioned to extend between thefly and quarter of the supported folded upper in line with said plungerand with its marking portion offset longitudinally from the end of thebuttonhole location, and means for reciprocating the plunger.

24. A button location marking machine having, in combination, a buttonlocation marker, means to guide a folded upper toward said marker withsaid marker positioned between the fly and button' quarter, poweroperated means for intermittently actuating said marker, and means forinter mittently feeding the folded upper to said marker betweensuccessive marking operations.

25. A button location marking machine having, in combination, a supportfor the shoe upper, a button location marker sup- )orted and positionedto extend between the button hole fly and button quarter of a supportedfolded shoe upper gagin means to vesition and guide the edge of thebutton hole fly at a predetermined distance from said marker, areciprocating plunger 'posi tioned above the buttonhole fly to movetoward the buttonhole fly in the line of said button location marker tomove said marker against the underlying button quarter and poweroperated mechanism for reciprocating said plunger.

26. A button for operating upon folded uppers having buttonholes in theflies thereof comprising in combination, a support for the shoe upper, abutton location j-marking member supported and positioned to extendbetween the buttonhole fly and button quarter of a supported folded shoeupper, gaging means to position and guide the edge of the fly with thebuttonholes therein overlying said button marking member, areciprocating plunger positioned above the supported upper and arrangedto operate through the buttonholes'of the fly to engage and move the.

button location marking member to mark the underlying quarter and meansfor reciprocating said plunger.

27. A button location marking machine having,- in combination, a supportfor the shoe upper, a button location marker, supported and positionedto extend between the buttonhole fly and button quarter of a supportedfolded shoe upper, gaging means to position and guide the edge. of thebutton,- hole fly at a predetermined distance from said marker, areciprocating plunger positioned to move toward the buttonhole fly inthe line of said button location marker to move said marker against theunderlying button quarter, means to reciprocate said plunger, andfeeding mechanism engaging the folded shoe upper and intermittentlyoperated in timed relation tomovement of the plunger to feed the uppertoward said marker alternately with marking movement of the plunger.

28. A button location marking [machine for operating upon folded uppershaving buttonholes in the flies thereof comprising in combination, asupport for the shoe upper, a button location marking membersupportedand positioned to extend between the buttonhole fly and buttonquarter of a supported folded shoe upper, gaging means to position andguide the edge of the fly with the buttonholes therein overlying saidbutton marking member, a reciprocating plunger positioned to operatethrough the buttonholes of the fly to engage and move the buttonlocation marking member to mark the underlying quarter, the markingportion of said member being offset from the end of the buttonhole inthe direction of its length, power operated mechanism for reciprocatingthe plunger, and mechanism for intermittently feeding thefolded uppertoward said marking member and plunger in timed relation to the movementof the location marking machine plunger and between successive markingn'ioven' ents of the plunger, said mechanism including means fordeterminately varying the amount of feeding movement of the upper tocorrespond with the spacing of the 7 0 buttonholes in the fly and meansfor reversing the direction of feeding movement to accommodate right andleft uppers.

'29. A button location marking machine having, incombination, .a supportfor the shoe upper, a button location marker supported and, positionedto extend between the buttonhole fly and button quarter of asupportedfolded. shoe upper, gaging means to position and guide the edgeof the buttonhole fly at a predetermined distance from said marker, areciprocating plunger positioned to move toward the buttonhole fly inthe line of said button location marker to move said marker against theunderlying s5 button quarter, means for reciprocating the plunger, andfeeding mechanism engaging the folded shoe upper. and intermittentlyoperated in timed relation to movement of the plunger to feed theuppertoward said marker alternately with marking movement of theplunger, with means for effecting the marking and feeding movements fora selected and predetermined number of markingoperations.

30. Mechanism for marking button locations on button shoe upperscomprising a support for button shoe uppers, a marker and a carriertherefor, with means for relatively moving the markerand the upper tomark the button location on the button quarter at a point offset fromthe outer end of the corresponding buttonhole location in the directionof the length of the buttonhole.

31. Mechanism for marking button locationson button shoe upperscomprising, a support for button shoe uppers, a marker and a carriertherefor, with means for mov ing the marker toward the supported upperto mark the button location on the button quarter at a point offset apredetermined distance from the outer end of the correspondingbuttonhole location.

32. Mechanism for marking button locations on buttonshoe upperscomprising support for shoe uppers, a marker, a carrier therefor, meansfor intermittently operating the carrier to mark the face of the button.quarter of the supported shoe upper at a point offset from the eye endof the corresponding buttonhole location in the direction of length ofthe buttonhole, and means for intermittently feeding the shoe upperrelative to the marker alternately with such marking operations.

.33. Mechanism for marking button locations on a folded shoe upper inwhich the buttonholes have been formed, comprising a button locationmarking element and a carrier therefor, means to position the buttonholefly of the folded upper relatively to the marking element to offset saidelement from the eye end of the buttonhole in the direction of thelength of the buttonhole and means for relatively moving the carrier andthe folded upper to mark the button location on the button quarter.

-l-t. Mechanism for marking button locations on folded uppers in whichthe buttonholes have been formed, comprising a button location markingelement, a movable carrier therefor, means arranged to engage and guidethe buttonhole fly relative to the carrier to offset said markingelement from the eye ends of the buttonholes in the direction of lengthof the buttonholes, means for intermittently moving the carrier to markthe button quarter, and means for intermittently feeding the foldedupper toward the marking means alternately with each marking operation.

35. Mechanism for marking button locations on button shoe upperscomprising a button location marking element, a movable carriertherefor, means to guide the button quarter to position said markingelement offset relatively to and beyond the eye end of the correspondingbuttonhole in the direction of length of the buttonhole, with means tooperate said carrier to mark the button quarter.

36. Iechanism for marking button locations on folded shoe upperscomprising a marking element, a movable carrier therefor, means to guidethe edge of the buttonhole fly to position said marking element ofl'setrelatively to the eye end of the buttonhole in the direction of lengthof the buttonhole, mechanism to operate said carrier to mark the buttonquarter and to feed the upper to the marker intermittently andalternately with marking movement of the carrier including manuallyadjustable means to operate the said mechanism for a selected number ofmarking operations.

37. A machine for marking buttonhole and button locations on thebuttonhole flies and button quarters of shoe uppers having, incombination, a buttonhole location marker, a button location marker,cooperating work guiding means, mechanism for actuating said markers tomark substantially simultaneously the button and buttonhole locations ona folded shoe upper, said work guiding means being constructed andarranged for adjustment to cooperate with a separate buttonhole fly toposition the fly for cooperation with the buttonhole marker and forfurther adjustment to cooperate with a folded upper to position itrelatively to the button marker to receive on the quarter of the foldedupper having the said fly attached with the buttonholes formed therein,the button location markers from said button markers.

38. A machine for marking buttonhole and button locations on thebuttonhole flies and button quarters of shoe uppers having, incombination, a buttonhole location marker, a button location marker,power operated mechanism for intermittently actuating said markerssubstantially siinultaneously, said mechanism including a reciprocatingplunger for actuating said markers, and stock positioning and guidingmeans, said plunger, markers and guiding means being constructed forrelative adjnstment and arranged, in one position of adjustment, tocooperate with buttonhole flies to mark buttonhole locations on saidflies, and arranged, in another position of adj ustment to cooperatewith a folded shoe upper to mark the button locations on the underlyingquarters of the folded upper having the previously marked fliesattached, with the buttonholes formed therein.

39. A machine for marking buttonhole and button locations on the fliesand button quarters of shoe uppers having, in combination, a support forshoe upper parts, a reciprocating plunger movable toward said support,means for reciprocating said plunger, a buttonhole marker carried at theend of said plunger, a combined fly edge guide and button locationmarker supported adjment to the marking point of said buttonhole markerand provided with a plurality of work edge guides, means to ad ust saidcombined guide and marker to present, in one position of adjustment, aguide for the edge of a separate buttonhole fly, and in another positionof adjustment to present a different guide for the fly edge of a foldedupper and a button location marker extending between the fly and buttonquarter in the line of movement of said plunger, and mechanism tointermittently feed the upper parts predetermined distances toward saidplunger alternately with marking move ment of the plunger.

i0. That improvement in methods of making button shoe uppers whichconsists in uniting the fly and quarters of a button shoe upper, foldingthem in properly overlapped relation, utilizing the buttonhole locationson the overlying fly as guides and marking the underlying button quarterat points spaced from the eye ends of the buttonhole locations in thedirection of the edge of the buttonhole fly to indicate the points forthe subsequent attachment of the buttons.

41. That improvement in methods of making button shoe uppers whichconsists in uniting the fly and quarters of a button shoe upper, foldingthem in properly overlapped relation, utilizing the eye ends of thebuttonhole locations on the overlying fly as guides and marking thebutton locations on the underlying button quarter at points uniformlyoffset from said eye ends longitu justable tovary the amount. of workfeed ing movement of the driving dog.

53. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a base, amarker reciprocating relatively to the base, means for reciprocatingsaid marker, and mechanism for feeding stock toward the markerintermittently and alternately with the marking movements thereof,including a ratchet feed wheel, a reciprocating driving dog colpcratingwith the ratchet wheel and a curved shield interposed between the dogand ratchet wheel and. arranged for adjustment relative to said do andratchet to vary the area of ratchet n heel exposed to driving movementof the dog.

5 1. A machine of the class described-having, in combination, a base, amarker reciprocating relatively to the base, means for reciprocating themarker, and mechanism for feeding stock toward the marker intermittentlyand alternately with the n'ntrking movements thereof, includingoppositely toothed annular ratchet surfaces, an annular shield inclosingsaid ratchet surfaces and having a ratchet driving opening therein,oppositely disposed driving dogs positioned outside of said shield toengage reversely the toothed ratchet surfaces, means to oscillate saiddriving dogs and means for adjusting the annular shield to expose aportion of one 'atchet surface to the driving action of one dog and toshield the remaining ratchet surface from the action of the otherdriving dog.

55. A machine of the class described having, in combination, abase, amarker reciprocating relatively to the base, means for reciprocating themarker and mechanism for feeding the stock toward the markerintermittently and alternately with the marking n'ioven'ients thereof,including a rock shaft, :1 feed wheel loosely mounted thereon andpositioned to engage and feed stock placed on said base, complementalreversely toothed annular ratchet surfaces carried by said feed wheel, arotatable annular shield inclosing said ratchet surfaces and having anopening therein exposing complemental portions of both ratchet surfaces,oppositely disposed driving dogs supported from and oscillated by saidrock shaft and positioned upon the exterior of said shield to engage therespective ratchet. surfaces when a dog and the shield opening coincidein position, and means for adjusting the shield to vary the position ofits opening relatively to the driving dogs.

56. A shoe upper marking machine, comprising, in combination, areciprocating marker, means for reciprocating the marker, a coatingapplying member reciprocating transversely of the path of reciprocationof the n'iarker to engage and apply a coating of marking material to themarker, mechanism for feeding stock to the marker and for moving saidmember to apply a coating to the marker intermittently and alternatelywith the marking operations and guiding means to engage the edge of thestock to position said edge a determinate distance from said marker.

57. A shoe upper marking machine having, in combination, anintermittently opcrated marking element, means for reciproeating saidclement, means for intermittently feeding stock to said marking elementalternately with its marking operations, guiding means to engage theedge of the stock fed to said element to position said edge adetern'linate distance from the marking element, and means for applyinga coating of marking material to the marking element prior to eachmarking operation thereof.

58. A shoe upper marking machine having, in combination, a reciprocatingmarking element, means for reciprocating said element, means forintermittently feeding stock to said marking element alternately withmarking movement thereof, guiding means to engage the edge of the stockfed to said element to position said edge a determinate distance fromthe marking element, and a coating applying member arranged toreciprocate transversely of the path of reciprocation of the markingelement, with means for reciprocating said member to engage and apply acoating of marking material to the marking element in timed relation toand prior to each marking movement of said element.

59. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, abase, an element reciprocating relatively to said base, guiding means toengage the edge of a buttonhole fly to position said edge a determinatedistance from said element, a marking member carried by said element andoutlining a buttonhole and having its longitudinal axis positioned andmaintained at a predetermined angle to the guided edge of said fly, andmeans for rtwiprocating said element to operate the marking member.

(it). A bnttonhole location marking mamachine having, in combination, abase, a gage member arranged to guide the edge of a buttonhole lly onthe base, an element recimocating relative to the base. and carrying amarking device shaped to mark the line of the buttonhole and having itslongitudinal axis positioned and maintained at a predetermined angle tothe guided edge of the lly, and mechanism for reciprocating saidelement.

(31. A buttonhole location marking machine having, in combination, abase, a gage mtanbcr arranged to guide the edge of a buttonhole fly onthe base, a plunger reciprocating relative to the base and carrying amarking device outlining a 'buttonhole and having its longitudinal axispositioned and maintained substantially at right angles to the guidededge of said fly, means for ap plying a coating of marking material tosaid marking device prior to each marking operation and mechanism forreciprocating said plunger to mark the buttonhole fly.

62. A machine for marking shoe uppers having, in combination, a supportfor shoe uppers, a reciprocating element mounted for movement toward andfrom said support and having a marking device thereon, means forreciprocating said element, and work edge gaging and guiding meansprovided with a plurality of gage fa'ces adjustably supported relativeto the upper support and constructed and arranged in different positionsof adjustment to present difierent gage faces to the edge of the upper.

68. A machine for marking shoe uppers having, in combination, a supportfor a shoe upper, a reciprocating element mounted for movement towardand from said support and having a marking device thereon, means forreciprocating said element, a member adjustably mounted adjacent to themarking point of said reciprocating element provided with a plurality ofwork edge guides constructed and arranged in one position of adjustmentto provide a guide determinately positioning the edge of the work fromthe point of engagement therewith of said marking device, and arrangedin another position of adjustment to provide a second determinatelyspacing edge guide and a seceond marking device extending into the pathof reciprocation of the first mentioned marking device for actuationthereby.

6%. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a stock support, amarking element movable toward said support to mark, means forintermittently actuating said element to mark, a guide member positionedadjacent the stock marking point of said element arranged to engage anddeterminately'space the edge of the stock from said marking point, acooperating guide member positioned at one side of said first guidemember, said members having stock edge guiding surfaces positioned indeterminate alinement to maintain the stock edge in determinate relationto the marking element as the stock is fed toward the marking element.

65. An upper marking machinehaving, in combination, a stock support, areciprocating marking element movable toward said support to mark, meansfor reciprocating said element, feeding mechanism con structed andarranged to engage the work to feed it toward said marking element, a I

guide member positioned adjacent the stock marking point of said markingelement arranged to engage and determinately space and in determinatealinement therewith to engage and guide the stock: edge in determinaterelation to the marking element.

66. An upper markingmachine having, in combination, a base, areciprocating marking element movable toward said base to mark, meansfor reciprocating said element, a work edge gage positioned adjacent tothe marking point of said element and arranged to guide anddeterminately space the-stock edge from said marking point, mechanism tofeed the stock toward the marking element intermittently and alternatelywith the marking-movements of said element including-a feed wheelengaging the under face of the stock,-an opposed presser wheel movableto engage the upper face of the stock having oppositely extendingpresser arms movable therewith to engage the stock and carrying stockedge guiding members cooperating with said first named stock edge guidemember to determinately position and guide the stock edge relative tothe mark ing point of said element.

67 An upper marking machine having, in combination, a base, areciprocating marking element movable toward the base to mark, means forreciprocating said element, mech anism for feeding the stock toward themarking element intermittently and alternately with the markingmovements ofsaid element including a feed member engaging the under faceof the stock, ahead normally moved toward the base, a central pressermember carried by the head and opposed to said feed member at the upperface of the stock, and complemental end presser members carried by thehead and engaging the upper face of the stock'at opposite sides of themarking point of the marking element, with means whereby said head maybe operated to withdraw the presser members from engagement with thestock.

68. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a stock support, areciprocating marking element movable toward said support to mark,-means for reciprocating said element, a central edge gage for the stock,complemental edge gages adjacent to and at opposite sides, of said firstgage and arranged to guide and determinately space the edge of the stockfrom the marking point of said element, said gages beingarranged in aline corresponding substantially with theline of the stock edge to beguided.-

69. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a base,. areciprocating marking element movable toward the base to mark, means forreciprocating said element, mechanism constructed and arranged to feedthe stock toward the marking element including a feed member engagingtheunder face of the stock and presser means arranged to be moved into andout of engagement with the upper face of the stock, said presser meanssupporting a guide member positioned at one side of the marking point ofsaid element and arranged to engage and guide the edge of the stockrelatively to the marking point, and a cooperating, alined guide memberpositioned adjacent to the marking point of said element and in the lineof feed of the edge of the stock.

70. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a stock support, areciprocating marking element movable toward the support to mark, meansfor reciprocating said element, a stock edge gage positioned adjacent tothe marking point of said element arranged to guide and spacedeterminately the stock edge from said marking point, complemental andcooperating edge gages at opposite sides of said first gage and indeterminate alinement therewith, one of said complemental edge gagesprovidin a stock end gage to initially position the end of the stock forone direction of feeding movement and the other of said complementalgages providing a similar stock end positioning gage in the oppositedirection of feeding movement of the stock.

71. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a stock support, areciprocating marking element movable toward the support to mark, meansfor reciprocating said element, a stock edge gage positioned adjacent tothe marking point of said element arranged to guide and determinatelyspace the stock edge from said marking point, complemental andcooperating edge gages at opposite sides of said first gage and indeterminate alinement therewith, one of said complemental edge gagesproviding a stock end gage to initially position the end of the stockfor one direction of feeding movement and the other of said complementalgages forming a similar stock end positioning gage in the oppositedirection of feeding movement of the stock, and mechanism constructedand arranged to feed the stock toward the marking element intermittentlybetween successive marking movements of the element including means forreversing the direction of feed.

72. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a stock support, areciprocating marking element movable toward the support to mark, meansfor reciprocating said element, a stock edge gage positioned adjacent tothe marking point, of said element arranged to guide and spacedeterminately the stock edge from the marking point, and complementaledge gages movable toward and from the support and arranged normally tocontact with the supported stock, one of said complemental gages forminga stock end gage to initially and determinately position the stockrelatively to the marking element for the first marking operation in onedirection of feed of the stock toward the marking element, and the othercomplemental gage forming a similar stock end gage in the oppositedirection of stock feed.

73. An upper marking machine having, in combination, a stock support, areciprocating marking element movable toward the support to mark, meansfor reciprocating said element, a stock edge gage positioned adjacent tothe marking point of said element arranged to guide and determinatelyspace the stock edge from the marking point, and complemental edge gages1novable toward and from the support and arranged to normally contactwith the supported stock, one of said complemental gages forming a stockend gage to initially and determinately position the stoek relatively tothe marking element for the first marking operation in one direction offeed of the stock toward the marking element, and the other complementalgage forming a similar stock end gage in the opposite direction of stockfeed, and mechanism arranged to engage and feed the stock toward themarking element intermittently and alternately with marking movement ofthe element, and including means for reversing the direction of stockfeed.

7%. A machine for operating upon shoe uppers comprising, in combination,a work support, a reciprocating member for operating upon the face ofthe supported work, means for reciprocating said member, a work edgegage mounted to yield upwardly to pressure of the work fed toward saidreciprocating member, and means for intermittently feeding the work.

75. A machine for operating upon shoe uppers comprising, in combination,a work support, a reciprocating member for operating upon the face ofthe supported work, means for reciprocating said member, a combined workedge gage and presser member mounted to yield upwardly to pressure ofwork fed toward said reciprocating member, and means for intermittentlyfeeding the work.

76. A machine for operating upon shoe uppers comprising, in combination,a work support, a reciprocating member for operating upon the face ofthe supported work, means for reciprocating said member, a work edgegage adjacent to said reciprocating member, means for intermittentlyfeeding the work toward said member and a plurality of presser membersfor engaging the face of the supported work upwardly yieldably topressure of the work, including a presser member adjacent to saidrecipro-

